Draft-equalizer.



\No. 63l,850. Patented Aug. 29, I899.

J. JONES. V DRAFT EDUALIZEB.

(Application filed Mar. 16, 18993 (No Iodel.)

andState of Iowa, have invented certain new to the art to which it appertains to make claims.

3o drawings,

gletrees removed.

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- pivotally connected to the outer ends of the rFIcYE.

PATENT JAMES JONES, OF ATLANTIC, IOWA.

DRAFT EQUALI ZER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters 1 Application filed March 16 I 1899- To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES J ONES, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at the city of Atlantic, in the county of Cass and useful Improvements in Draft-Equalizers; and I do declare the following to be'a full, clear, and exact description of the in-' vention, such as will enable others skilled in and reference being had to the acand to the letters of which form a part use the same, companying drawings, reference marked thereon, of this specification.

My invention relates to improvements in four-horse equalizers; and it consists in the peculiar construction and combination of the parts, that will be more fully set forth hereinafter and particularly pointed out in the The object of my invention is to furnish a draft-equalizer for working four horses abreast to be used in connection with harvesting-machines, plows, and other agricultural implements which will be durable, simple of construction, and easy to apply to harvesting-machines, plows, and other agricultural implements. I attain this object by the device illustrated in the accompanying in which- Figure 1 is a top or plan view of the draftequalizer secured to the pole of a self-binding harvester, and Fig. 2 is a plan view of same applied to fa right-hand plow having the sin- Similar letters refer to similarparts throughout both views.

D represents the rear portion of the pole or tongue of a self-binding harvester constructed A, B, and II are levers. The lever A is supports or brackets CL and b and the straps cl and e by thev pivot 15. The bracket a is firmly secured to the under side and the bracket b to the upper side of the pole D byv a bolt. The strap 01 is secured to the under side and the strap 6 to the upper side of, the pole D by a bolt. connected to the pivot c.

The lever B is pivotally lever A by means of the atent No. 631,850, dated August 29, 1899.

Serial No. 709,269. (No model.)

F is a bracket firmly secured to the lever A. The inner end of the lever His pivotally connected to the bracket F.

f and m are straps pivotally connected to the lever II and to the inner end of the lever E.

g is a strap connected at one end to the pivot w and at the other end to the pivot 15.

71. is a loop connected at each end to the pivotc.

E is an ordinary doubletre'e.

P is an ordinary singletree.

0 represents the forward part of an ordinary plow-beam having the head 'i.

When the equalizer is attached to a plow, the brackets a and are omitted and the equalizer is attached to the plow by means of the clevis n.

When the equalizer is attached to a righthand plow, it is turned over, so that the under side, as shown in Fig. 1, becomes the upper side, as shown in Fig. 2.

From the foregoing description the operation of the equalizer becomes apparent.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination in a four-horse equalizer of the lever A adapted to be pivotally secured to an agricultural implement, the lever B pivoted, between its ends, to the lever A, and the lever Hpivotally connected at its inner end to the lever A, and pivotally connected, between its ends, to the inner end of the lever B, substantially as described.

2. The combination in a four-horse equalizer of the lever A adapted to be pivotally secured to an agricultural implement, the lever B pivoted to the lever A, the bracket F firmly secured to the lever A, the lever H pivoted to the bracket F, and the strap f pivoted at one end to the lever B and at the other end to the lever 11, substantially as described.

Signed by me at the city of Atlantic, in the county of Cass and State of Iowa, this 13th day of March, A. D. 1899.

JAMES JONES.

\Vitnesses:

W. D. FRITZ, H. J. FRITZ.

b and the straps d and e 

